Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-07-12

4 big b.isk wheels of the earth--riot the
dead Raaas of -medioerity, the num-
1 skulls, Ike .itnitationf genius, the dead
! and buried stipsnorters and rif-rif !
they stand back and look on in dumb
stupor and amazeifsSts but out upon
the, sea of .enterprisa. they never ven
ltrrs: And when these great generals
clashea and fought, nediocrity melt
ed and disappeared III. a day; in
i ranks and Iii Regiments they fell, and
] others filed the gap and id turn they
were paralyzed, but the. great play
went on until millions were swept
out Of. existence bysthese periodical
Is. Black FbiddyS.k' .ro:io5Yaa5 -el
4 ..Clafp had, the banks behind him,
but Stetcdrt had more than the banks
and it was simply a test of endur-
ance, of coarakE ofpride and pluck.
| sStesvdTt. was boundtsss, in ambition
his genius was heavy bSrn, bis God
| was gold, but he was enterprise and
energy from the brim to the bottom
pluck through and through-and
there was no look back nor let up,
but on and on to the fullest intensity
of brain, nerve and-sinew. He aimed
for supremacy and he attained it, and
thoughothe credit legions questioned
his merciless,, methods; his perfect
mercantile integrity, was ever high
above suspicion. Cldhn was inilder
type who watched with sleepless eye
and followed with unfiinchitig step
and IN unquiyering nerve the great
leader, and when the master ran the
unprecedented enormous figure of
fifty millions he bent his prodigious
energies and'vast resources of match
and, beat it.. and he did. But the
near approach Of his colossal rival
only drove the mercantile Ring into
vast aggregates, until the very top
in iah9 history was reached-seventyA
se5ers ,'niliias lin both stores. The
war over, figures fell and Stewart
had passed the 70-mite post aud gave
up, his grip upon the big wheel, and
from, that hour destiny had marked
him for its own. In mercantile his
tory he was what NY1RRtS H4stiSes
was to India. n APoEEAN to France,
WELLISsroS to. Britainr JACKSON TO
THE LOST, CAUSE. and CLEVELAND To
the f.e,1 North and tie sietu South and
TIE netc Vest NJ
Bel.na lAsEs.'GeSdsH before delivery siRDneSE;
H&MMERs, )" with q quick, rapid tWenty-fyepet
cetltunl must lay the reserve allied aggressive
forces that ever demand Hnd command suecess'
brains afire with enthusiasm, the heart pure
with perfect fidelity and IN love with toll and
triumph; the sinews taut aud tight with iu-
dustry, and perseverance,. courtesy adorning
the grim resolution, courage strongly mingled
withipay day people, and the bfphdtaeT Of the
English tpngue-No-to those who never pay;
whilst around you must be gathered the real
soldiers whose future history you are making
and who are making yours ns wen.
They must be; of that Iealibfe that nlwnys gfapl
7 pics Win the same heroic upeonccrn nnke. the
probable, the possible and Impossible, not ne
Jolly joke cracker, the inimltable yarn spinner
the base-bailer, the time. killing clock watcher,
the prim, starchy J1ady-killer whose perfectly
parted hair over his brainless skull Is dead
match 70 his hard check and oily t0ngue-these
are not the kind that make mercantile history;
Il Is other metal pluck and res0tuttoTb what
the world calls gentlemen, but MEN who thote
the great wheels, who carve fame from OBJ
scurity-NEN who are makers and monldere
and builders of other leaders and rivals, soar
ing high above the dense dead masses Of me-
diOcrity. The young champions who are 70 be
your successors are they who are fighting from
daybreak until dark for place ON the sign
board, and after, for ownership-fellows who
grew from the ground mp until there wis no
higher level 60 attain, after the stamp Of RTD-
LEY, the JOHNSON boys. the LORD and TAT-
! 8,
and againithe RIpEEr boys, adding in humble
comparison this writer, aPlow-boy who opened
the store bfJov-e day, worked until haif-past
nine ,9t night-;sse,.tes hoss1making ma hrei
nails, and ribbons, nnd hetTingi ,tnd candy,
and snuf, and salt, and calico, Keeping books,
drunitning trade, all for one dollar a tceek To!
day. when you Offer some, % dead In the shelf.
arfstocratic gentleman n dollar p day hs an
swers that he wonle rather tramp.
| let me see-tiid I say one dollar a toaekt7
Well, guess shall have 70 take that fine talk
backI That would be q slander upon a rare
specimen of the finest WurkmpnBhir 5f Al
4ni1hty God whiiet II "a etin tttie that the
moriied consideration was hfty dollHrs q year.
the heart Of that splendid race: something 70
eat, wear and place to sleep (dIld 4 get about
ne same to-ddy.) From this mercantile mas
ter. JAcoB SENsESEY, Winchester, Virginia,
this writer got his hrst kHoetaf6t6ilS, his first
and lasting Impressions OF the dignity and ma
jesty Of "a one hundred 70 the dollar thirty
six inches 70 the rd'-''2e40 70 the ton
rule Of ticetfy5tre per cent. profit ON every
thing, and no deviation, The London PEA
BODY, who died worth fifty millions, and whose
great kind heart was worth double this colos-
sal pile was then in Georgetotcn, d. G., and as
Col. JOE B.HAcRHEY drove his (SENsENEY'sl
six-horse team (steam was yet unborn) In front
stock, he offered to match his genius and aLiIt
ity with SESsENEY's cash (then some $40. .00Os
and Icds refused r. THIS rs HISTORICAL. He
had felt the peF1dy and treeehery of partner.
ships, and had mdde himself a pledge that he
kept sacred 10 the last day of life that no
heavenly consideration would induce him 70
measure up and divide with any man orw0mari
| on the green eaTth-and who will say that he
was not leYel-headed thereS But he lived 70
regret that fatal hour Il was In the long, after
years when the grcat-heafted London banker
and Uhilapthropist had scared away above the
I top and looked down upon the world below.
| II you think you can escape the credit gaunts
let because your father did before you and left
behind little fortune In actual assets. not 70
mention the vast wealth lost on the dead ledger,
| or the security paper which one day VIII turn
MP against the remaining values. II you believe
| that you can pull through Us be did with some
thing left otter counting out tbe nprfn0rs leak.
age aud shTinkage and steaiages y1t mtst per-
init this writer 20 remind y0u that the chances
are fewer in your favor, for tie Teas6p that the
present young mercantile blo1d (and blood m
meE and women ID Just as Il IL in thorough
breds-it always teiiel q not mp 10 the average
of the heroic ftrf r0Js in the autumn or scar
leaf OF Passing away. They don't face the
music so early NOR cling on with such tenacioIs
and deathles grasp 80 late-nQ daybreak
iicbarges-no night .surprises-but more and
ITnore of the take-the-WoFId easy, and the sum
lshine-tNeI, ought 20. take hat back. sum
shine is grand thing, indeed, except in the
i harvest field; aud this STiter has been there be-
/ fore the .tDfldsts' 6as1- 30, the young stock
4 of to-day and tke coming race don't as gen.
erala thing fTade In to the desperate and im5
tpossibie. with the same persistent pluck and
/ audaetS that was 50 socharacteristie OF the great
cOmeTcfal leaders who fel at, or neat. the top